![]() But, we’re gonna do it: every Hollywood feature film Hitchcock made (1940-1976), ranked from worst to best. ![]() And even after all of that, I found this a daunting task. I have studied with one of the greatest Hitchcock scholars of the 20th Century: Marian Keane. I am an Alfred Hitchcock scholar, with 30 years of experience behind me. His four masterpieces (Vertigo, Psycho, North by Northwest and Notorious) hold up today brilliantly and will very will likely stand for the rest of our lives as some of the greatest achievements in filmmaking.When the editor of this website suggested this post, I thought he was insane. There has been no other director as impressively prolific while holding to such a high standard and reaching such high peaks. Hitchcock is my favorite director and I'm currently making my way through his lesser known films now actually - I'm sitting at 36/52. Marnie has really insidious content made that much worse by knowing the backstory to it and Hitchcock's contractual hold on Hedren, but the leads both pull it through. Du Maurier's material also needs better care and attention than the hack job that is Jamaica Inn. I despise Frenzy, but I was most disappointed with The Trouble with Harry, just because it's so beautiful and I could watch that Vermont landscape all day with that theme music, but it's such a dull and frowzy script that it probably made me madder. North by Northwest is kind of a confusing mess of a movie. I also somewhat unpopularly don't think nearly as much of either Vertigo or Psycho, though Psycho is at least historically interesting, tapping a lot of firsts. That's my Unpopular Opinion™ for the day I guess.Īs I might have mentioned elsewhere, The Birds is one of my all-time favorite films, and is I think Hitchcock's masterpiece. ![]() I know NBNW and especially Vertigo are low considering how most other people rank them, but NBNW would be higher for me if made by another director with lesser films that would be easy to put it ahead of, and Vertigo I just don't really like as much as most people. The Man Who Knew Too Much (6/10 both of them, but the remake is the better version) There are few director's that continue to get 7/10's near my 20th spot of a ranking of their films, if I even choose to see that many by them. I suppose I'm such a fan to begin with because of Hitchcock's high aim for consistency among his films. The low ratings toward the bottom at least prove I've bothered to see films that I knew going in I most likely wouldn't care for. One of the best films of the 40s.Īrguably my favorite director. I consider Rope to be my favourite because I think the plot is especially engaging and immersive here in this enclosed single-setting and the long-take camera work, especially for the time is remarkable. Now I don't consider Hitchcock a top favourite of mine but he's no doubt made some great and important films which use an assortment of impressive filming and editing techniques which anyone should be able to appreciate. Most of them were rewatches and there was a good chunk of new viewings as well. I went on a quest/marathon of the films of The Cock last year and watched all of the following films in the space of 2 weeks. So FG, what are your thoughts on the Master of Suspense? He knew how to elicit emotions from his audience and manipulate in just the right way as a storyteller. And the way Hitch played with fear, it's very affecting emotionally the way he'd use suspense and horrific situations. Notorious is a great love story of people not communicating enough to realize that they're both sacrificing themselves for the other one and would be happier if they didn't. Yes it's a waking nightmare that descends into death and madness, but it's also the story of a really lonely guy losing himself because people fucked with his mind and heart. ![]() For me, he's a surprisingly emotional filmmaker. So much has been said about Hitchcock over the years though, let's just say what he means to us. And in the last decennial Sight and Sound poll in 2012, Hitch's Vertigo became the first movie to dethrone Citizen Kane at number 1 since the 1952 poll. Hitch proved that you could have the commercial success and still have people like Francois Truffaut fawn over you artistically. He was also a populist with a television show and big box office. Hitch is quite probably the most influential filmmaker of all time, and certainly the most referenced in the work of other filmmakers. The director I've seen more movies from than any other, I've got 29 rated here, but I know I've seen more I just can't remember what my ratings for them were and don't remember them enough to get a close rating so I just went with this list. The most famous of all filmmakers, I don't know how we haven't had a Hitchcock poll yet, so here we go.
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